Improvement in ironing-tables



J. R. JACKSON.

IRONING-TABLE.

No.175,106. Patented March 21, 1876'.

WITNESSES %/wR ATTORN EYS NJEIERS, PNOTO-UTNOGRAPHER wAsMmuToN a cUNITED Squares.

PATENT QFFICE JOHN B. JACKSON, OF PUTNAMVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TAB LES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175, 106, dated March21, 1876; application filed September 4, 1875..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. JACKSON, of Putnamville, in the county ofPutnam and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Ironing-Tables; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure Lof the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal verticalsection of my ironing-board, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the underside. I

This invention has relation to improvements in ironing-tables; anditconsists in the combination, with an ordinary tapering ironing-board,of an independent folding frame, to which the said board is hinged,whereby an ironing-table of exceptional excellence is obtained,possessing great steadiness, and capable of being readily 1nanipulated,as will be hereinafter more fully explained and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a preferably taperingironing-board, in connection with. which I propose to illustrate myinvention. The frame supporting this board consists of a horizontal bar,B, running the entire length thereof, and having at each end raised andenlarged supporting-blocks a. a, the functions of which-will hereinafterappear, and of vertically-vibratin g legs 0, pivoted j ust within thesaid blocks to bar B by means of suitable pivots p, which pass throughregistering-perforations in the said bar, and in the upper ends of thesaid legs, and which are secured against escaping therefrom by beingclinched over suitable metallic washers d. 1 may, however, secure thesame result by using broadheaded bolts and suitable clamping nuts. LegsG diverge downwardly from each other, thus securing a broad base andobviating the danger of casual tilting, and when they are spread apartabut against a shoulder, 0, formed by the enlarged blocks ac yvith barB. They are thus prevented from undue spreading under any circumstances,and all danger of the ironing-board falling to the ground in consequenceof such spreading is effectually and surely obviated. When in positionboard A rests at each end upon "raised blocks a a, and is hinged tovibrate vertically to a board, D, rigidly secured to block a. This boardis designed to serve as a support for sad-irons and other articles usedin a laundry. Blocks on a being raised above bar B an interval will beformed-between it and board A, consequently when a garment, as a skirt,shirt, or the like, is passed over the board that portion of the samewhich is below the board will be prevented from dragging on the floorand becoming soiled. In consequence of this interval also, the garmentwill be allowed to be readily drawn across the board in the act ofexposing new surfaces to the ironer with but little friction. Legs O arebraced near their lower ends by means of flat, preferably metallic, rodsf applied upon'the same in such a manner thaftwhen the said legs arevibrated inward towar each other for the purpose of folding up thetabie, they shall permit the said legs to assume the position shown inFig. 2 in the same horizontal plane with bar B. When thus compactlyfolded the table may be stowed away in a comparatively small space.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The longitudinal bar B, having folding legs 0, and raised enlarged endblocks a d, in combination with verticallyvibrating ironingboard A,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. JACKSON. Witnesses:

M. M. MGILV'AIN, WM. H. WALDEN.

